Mobile GIS
Mobile GIS lets you take location intelligence from the office into the field. A mobile GIS enables field based personnel to capture, store, update, manipulate, analyse, and display geographic information.
Taking GIS into the field opens up new opportunities for more up-to-date and accurate GIS data.
Mobile GIS integrates one or more of the following technologies:
- Mobile devices
- Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Wireless communications for Internet GIS access
Mobile GIS solutions enable GIS to be taken into the field as digital maps on compact, mobile computers, providing field access to enterprise geographic information. This enables organisations to add real-time information to their database and applications, speeding up analysis, display, and decision making by using up-to-date, more accurate spatial data.
Mobile GIS is often used for:
- Asset Inventories - Create and maintain an inventory of asset locations and attribute information
- Asset Maintenance - Update asset location, condition, and schedule maintenance
- Inspections- Maintain digital records and locations of field assets for legal code compliance and ticketing
- Incident Reporting - Document the location and circumstances of incidents and events for further action or reporting
- GIS Analysis and Decision Making - Perform measuring, buffering, geoprocessing, and other GIS analysis while in the field